Necktie.



. W. J. CLARK.

NECKTIE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29. I918.

Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

WILLIAM J. CLARK, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

NECKTIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 29, 1918. Serial No. 264,587.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. CLARK, citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Neckties, and declare 'the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to neckties of the four-in-hand type shown in the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the following specification and claims.

It is well known that ties of this character are usually constructed with a loose padding of canton flannel or like material inclosed within its folds to give the latter the desired fullness when worn, and that after the tie has been used it soon becomes creased and the padding bunched within its folds, making it diflicult to smooth and press. Attempts have been made to overcome this objection by sewing the padding to the edges of the tie proper, but this necessitates a greatly increased cost of production and makes it necessary to press both the tie and padding together and as one or the other usually shrinks a rope-like efiect is often produced which is impossible to overcome by pressing.

The object of the present invention therefore is to overcome these and other objections by constructing a tie adapted to be opened throughout that portion of its length in which the knot occurs when tied ;-the padding adjacent to the open portion being permanently secured at one end only by a line of transverse stitching,the other end of the padding being detachably secured by an engaging device having one member at tached to the padding, and the other member to the continuation of the padding at the opposite end of the open portion; or if preferred to the neck band of the tie proper.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts, and in the details of construction hereafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes maybe made in the precise embodimcnt herein disclosed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings part of this specification Figure 1 is an elevation of a four-in-hand tie Viewed from the back, with a portion of forming its length opened and a section of the padding released for pressing.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the tie shown in the preceding figure, the open section being closed and secured as it would appear -when ready for wear.

Referring now to the letters of reference placed upon the drawings A, denotes a four-in-hand tie of usual shape, provided with an open section at the back in its enlarged portion which includes that portion forming the knot when worn. B, B are flaps formed of the same material as the body of the tie, the edges of which are provided with detachable fastening devices C, that they may be secured together to close the open section.

D, indicates a lining or padding of canton flannel or other suitable material, permanently secured to the tie proper'by a line of transverse stitches E, extending across the adjacent edges of the tie at the back below the open section. F, denotes a detachable fastening device adapted to secure the free end of the lining to the adjoining end of the lining secured within the narrow portion of the tie.

G, is a flap preferably formed of the same material as the body of the tie which serves to cover the adjoining ends of the the tie at one end only and detachably securing it at the other, each part may be independently pressed without danger of the parts being misplaced :furthermore as the lining may be detached at one end there is no tendency to draw dueto shrinkage or other cause, and should it shrink it may be Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

easily stretched to its initial length and thus engaged 'to the adjoining end of the lining by the detachable fastening device,'as before.

Having thus described iny invention What I claim is l. A tie of the character described folded longitudinally having a section intermedi'- ate of'its length adapted to open at the back to expose a lining; an inner divided lining secured to the body of the tie by a lineof stitches extendingtransversely across the folds at the backof the tie, a detachable fastening device 'IEOP SBCHI'lIIg the free end of the lining to its adjoiningend, and inea-ns for detachably securing together the edges of the open section? at the back of the tie.

2. A -tie of the character described folded longitudinally Withrtheedges of the folded portion sewed together but With an'interinediate open section; having overlapping edges adapted to befolded back to expose a lining, a divided lininglodged Within the folds of the tie and permanently secured thereto adjacent to one end of the intermediate open section at'the back of the tie, a

fastenin'gzdevice for detachably securing the in the folds of the tie secured thereto by a line of stitches extending transversely across the folds of:the tie1at1the:b ack adjacent to one edge of the interrnediate open section;- means for detachafbly securin'gvthe Y free end of the lining to itsadjoining end-,-n1eans fordetachably; securing the edges: of the :folded portion of thebaek of the tie together; anda flapadapted to closeover the adjoining ends of the-lining.

In testimony whereof I SlgIL-thlS specification in'the presenceof tWo Witnesses.

WILLIAM J; CLARK. Witnesses:

S. E. THOMAS, JOHN CoNsIDINE; Jr.

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